> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 11:44:05AM +0100, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> > If I have a broken leg, then I can't use it.  The problem is critical to 
> > me.
> 
> Yes, of course.
> 
> > That doesn't mean that every other leg in the world is broken.
> 
> That's the point. A PR should be marked as "critical" if it is critical
> for the whole project.
> 

No, the bug is still critical if there is no viable workaround for the 
user.  It should be marked as high priority if it is *important* to the 
project; if the project has more important things to worry about then the 
importance should be lowered.

R.